Red River Prayer-Samuel Lockridge

[ti:Red River Prayer] [ar:Samuel Lockridge] [al:When I Rise] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Red River Prayer - Samuel Lockridge [00:29.91]Carry me old river down thee [00:38.18]No borders here no white man's line drawn in the sand [00:44.83] [00:48.29]Oh adorn me in blankets of green [00:58.00] [01:00.31]You know the dirt delights to kiss your naked feet [01:06.38] [01:09.00]Don't you know the wind longs to play with your hair [01:15.48] [02:00.42]Children sing while you still love to sing [02:06.34] [02:08.53]Like summer cubs bless the deep [02:13.01]And hallowed night in the moonlight [02:21.71] [02:22.23]Elders speak to the young that you see [02:28.18] [02:30.42]Of a time when starlight cast your shadow on the ground [02:36.90] [02:39.33]Before they paved eden away and built a town [02:45.54] [03:31.99]A doe of the wood looked into my eyes [03:35.98]Her fawn at her side all sprinkled with white [03:39.87] [03:40.42]They were not afraid but sung to me low [03:44.76]A song that perhaps my ancestors did know